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The ITF has told a major International Labour Organization conference in Argentina that child and forced labour were key trade union issues, and that ITF unions would continue to push for change from the bottom up.

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) has applauded Friday’s victory for workers represented by the GMB union at the Employment Tribunal in London, which threw out Uber’s appeal against its earlier ruling that drivers at the company must be treated as the workers they are.

The ITF (International Transport Workers' Federation) is standing ready to support its Dutch affiliate Nautilus NL/FNV Waterbouw as it resists plans by marine services and dredging company Boskalis to ditch and replace 20 crew members on five vessels.

Citizens, cities and the planet will be better off with more public transport

The international dockworkers’ community is in mourning following the death of an Indonesian worker who was killed on the job at the International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) facility in Jakarta overnight.

A global meeting of women transport workers is calling for the urgent development of public transport policies that promote gender equality and contribute to the fight against climate change.

ITF general secretary Stephen Cotton met Transport Workers’ Union of America (TWU) president John Samuelsen on 1 November in Washington, DC and addressed the union’s organising meeting to develop strategies to counter the right-wing agenda against union rights in the USA.

An ITF delegation to the USA will meet Gate Gourmet workers there in a show of solidarity with their colleagues in Argentina who are struggling for proper recognition of their work roles.

The ITF has reaffirmed its support for the organising campaigns by the International Association of Machinist and Aerospace Workers’ (IAM) at Delta Airlines, the third largest carrier in the United States.

Paddy Crumlin, President of the International Transport Workers’ Federation today urged the Government of PNG to act in the best interests of its people by standing with workers, landowners and communities exposed to ICTSI’s poor record on safety and labour relations. “The ITF, alongside the